Gane language

Gane
Gane
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku
Native speakers	(2,900 cited 1982)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera South Halmahera Southern Gane; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gzn
Glottolog	gane1237

Last updated December 05, 2025

Gane is an Austronesian language of southern Halmahera, Indonesia, spoken by the Gane people. There are estimated to be roughly 5800 native speakers of the language.^[2] It is closely related to the Taba language.^[3]

References

↑ Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ "Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
↑ Blust, R.A., 1978. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: a subgrouping argument. IN Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Fascicle 1. Pacific Linguistics C-61:181-234. Canberra: Australian National University.

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[e25-1] Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.

[3] Blust, R.A., 1978. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: a subgrouping argument. IN Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Fascicle 1. Pacific Linguistics C-61:181-234. Canberra: Australian National University.

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